Edgar Matobato

Edgar Matobato (1959-) was a Filipino militiaman who was a member of the Davao Death Squad under Rodrigo Duterte. On 15 September 2016, he was interviewed by the Philippine Senate about the activities of the death squad, and he confessed to taking part in about 50 assassinations under Duterte.

Biography
Edgar Matobato was born in 1959 in Davao, Visayas, Philippines, and Matobato was involved in death squad activities in the city of Davao under Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Matobato was involved in 50 gangland-style killings against criminals and political opponents of Duterte as a member of the Davao Death Squad, and from 1988 to 2013 he was involved in the murders. In 1993, he hurled a grenade into a Muslim mosque in revenge for the bombing of a Catholic cathedral in Davao, and he strangled a foreign militant to death in 2002 before taking part in the 2003 assassination of a journalist who was critical of Duterte.

In 2013, Matobato lost interest in supporting the death squad, and his colleagues implicated him in the murder of one person in order to silence him. On 15 September 2016, he was interviewed by the senate of the Philippines, and Senator Leila de Lima presided over the court; Matobato confessed that De Lima was the target of an assassination attempt in the hills near Davao. Matobato had left witness protection to speak in front of the committee, and he faced the risk of being sent to prison due to his actions.